Tag: third party risks
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McKesson Breach Exposes Third-Party Risks in Healthcare
A single vulnerable third-party application can spark a national patient data crisis, as seen in the recent McKesson breach, where a third-party integration led to a massive data exfiltration claim of 284 million records.
AI Agents Expose Enterprises to Growing Prompt Injection Risk
A recent security audit revealed a staggering 36% of AI agent skills contain critical-level security issues, including malware distribution, prompt injection attacks, and exposed secrets. This widespread risk can have serious consequences for enterprises that deploy these skills in their production workflows.
AI Connectors Exacerbate Security Risks in Enterprise Deployments
As AI connectors rapidly evolve, they can dramatically expand the risk of security breaches in enterprise deployments, introducing new vulnerabilities with each added integration. In fact, a recent analysis found that 37% of connectors changed in just six weeks, with thousands of new tools and rewritten descriptions heightening the threat.
Ransomware Gang Targets Canvas, Exposes Student Data Risks
A ransomware gang claimed to have stolen data from 275 million students, teachers, and staff, but Instructure, the company behind Canvas, says it's reached a deal with the hackers and has digital proof that the data has been destroyed. But can we really trust that the threat has passed?